Model-driven #PowerApps are finally going Fluent with the next Release Wave. Now available in public preview, you can enable a setting in your app module to switch the UI into using the "modern, refreshed look for model-driven apps". The visual changes aren't actually as drastic as I expected. In the previous release wave we already got the "Windows 11" look with rounded corners and a bunch of tiny tweaks. This new version coming in 2023 Release Wave 1 seems to be a steep in a good direction from a clarity perspective, with slightly more contrast between different controls. Behind the scenes this is all about letting go of the legacy controls of the Unified Interface and replacing (almost) everything with Fluent UI controls. Once this is done, there will be the possiblity to make Power Apps (and Dynamics 365 CE apps) look and behave the way Teams and other #Microsoft365 apps created on #FluentDesign already do. Theming support and dark mode have at least been publicly stated as being under work. The one undocumented feature gap I noticed with this preview is that it will remove any Nav Bar theme colors set in your app and reset them to the default provided by MS. The current theming features were introduced in pre-UCI era of Dynamics CRM 2015, then gradually dropped for the most part, aside from the custom logo and Nav Bar color. Now only the logo remains - until the new capabilities are launched, I presume. According to Microsoft, "the pages included in this initial launch cover 70% of scenarios in use today." This means there's plenty of legacy UI elements to be discovered even after enabling the modern look. Just like with every UI update in the history of XRM/Model-driven Power Apps, there's seemingly never enough time nor budget for MS to modernize the entire end-user facing client application. The quickes way to take a user down the CRM memory lane is for them to click on "personalization settings". Well hello there, Dynamics CRM 2011! 😅
I would call this change "subtle"
still looks ugly
Would you look at that completely overhauled business process flow 🤩
Notice also the inner shadow in the navigation pane 😎
Joost van Lagen Ben den Blanken Love this one ;)
fingers crossed they fix BPF field labels clipping and input boxes getting squished
One thing I can't wait to be fixed is how some fields are bolded and typically the fluent UI fields are not. This was mostly obvious with date fields previously but looks like it's getting closer to being consistent now.
It seems that the BPF phase opened in your screen has also some more space to read the label & input. Often, it was just to small even when you put it to the right.
I'm very excited about this direction and using fluenui!
The Original Power Platform Advisor. 11x Microsoft MVP. Low-code 4 life.
1yHere's the documentation page on the Modern, refreshed look for model-driven apps (preview): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/user/modern-fluent-design